Now that's a better Covid mask.
Full coverage.
Nice golden shine.
No need to brush your hair or put on makeup.
And no one can tell your sleeping in meetings. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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October 26, 2020
Chucky Rules The Road
This was a scary mother of a truck.
It had Chucky perched spread-eagle over the front crash bumper.
Imagine looking in your rearview mirror and seeing this barreling down on you.
Chucky rules the road and he's coming for you.
It's too late to run and hide.
He's gonna get you!
Consider yourself dead meat and it's not even Friday the 13th. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
September 15, 2019
Ghosting - How Rude!
Invariably, it often turns out that there is someone else in that person's life.
The person is usually either too scared to confront the other person or is just a cheater and doesn't want to tell the other person, instead wanting to "have their Kate and Edith too." LOL
So "ghosting" is where the person just disappears, cuts off contact, or goes incommunicado.
It's sort of an avoidance strategy.
This leaves the other person not knowing what happened or why.
It's like the line just goes dead between the two people.
Sometimes, one person is clingy or forces themselves on another in which case, the other person may feel smothered, and therefore repels or wants to run in the other direction.
Other times, how do you tell someone that you just don't like them anymore?
Worse is if the person is cheating behind the other person's back, hiding it, and denying it--that's unforgivable!
When a person ghosts another, it's sort of like at work when someone get's marginalized.
No one wants to give honest feedback to the other person, so instead for some people it's just easier to avoid them and the topic altogether.
I think the point is not to hurt other people.
The question is how do you cut the strings with someone you don't like without getting into a huge, ugly confrontation?
Honesty is the best policy, and treating people the way you would want to be treated.
But for some people who don't take no for an answer, it's understandable that you may just want to have the phone on busy signal or you attempt to break contact.
Relationships are tough, and when they go bad, ghosting without at least trying to end it nicely can not only be rude, but also it's chicken to break it off as a ghost, and not a person. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
October 7, 2018
Shame As An Effective Motivator
He was being interviewed by the media.
But the protesters drowned him out with chants of "Shame" and "Shame on you!"
Similar to the series Game Of Thrones, where the evil Queen Cersis must "Take the walk of shame" for sleeping with and having a child with her own brother.
She must walk through the city with all the people yelling "Shame" at her, spitting on her, throwing rotten vegetables at her, etc.
There is no place to hide.
Her hair has been shorn off.
Her clothes have been stripped from her.
Without her clothes and pretense, she is naked, but she is also naked because her soul is bearing her sin before everybody.
This week life imitated art and the protesters stood in judgment over Senator Manchin's decision to vote yes for and support Kavanaugh.
He was surrounded by shame.
It was not meant to be politic, respectful, or open any sort of dialogue, but simply to tear the Senator down and humiliate him for his decision.
I could imagine how he must feel being surrounded by all these people telling him he was a disgrace and that should be completely ashamed of himself.
There seemed no one left to strand up for him, defend him, and let him save face.
I am not saying his decision was right or wrong, just that when seemingly everybody passes judgment on you as evil and a disgrace, there is no where to hide or anyone to defend himself in this mob lynching.
I imagine that this feeling of shame is sort of what happens when we die and we must face everyone we dealt favorably and unfavorably with.
For those who we wronged, the chant of shame echoes through G-d's heavenly court.
There is no place to hide as we must now pay the piper for each and every thing we did or didn't do.
Our deeds are no longer hidden, but exposed for everyone to see.
We cannot pretend to be good when we were not.
The veil and pretense of righteousness disintegrates.
We are exposed for who we really are.
Our true selves and our sins are there in full sight and for which we must bear out our ultimate shame. ;-)
(Source Graphic: Andy Blumenthal)
December 11, 2017
The Eyes Give It Away
Even for the best poker-faced folks out there--the eyes are the conduit to the soul.
Here's how it works:
- When someone is plotting to do you harm, they avoid looking you in the eye.
Why?
They are afraid, they are going to give themselves and their evil intentions away.
And so they attempt to hide their evil intentions behind closed eyelids, turned heads, and avoided gazes.
They think by avoiding eye contact, you won't be able to read them--seeing into their eyes and their malevolent thinking and planning.
Probably also even the worst of them may actually feel a little guilty (somewhere in there is a soul even if it's mucked up in dirt, corruption, and absolute sin).
- Yet the opposite is true when someone is executing their evil plans--attacking you and wanting to severely hurt you or worse.
Then, they look you straight in the face and in the eyes.
They are staring intently and honing in for the kill.
And in their wide open eyes, rage and evil burns, as they raise their voice and their clenched fists.
Seeking to execute their plots, their eyes come at you, tracking you, targeting you, and attempting to shoot/hit you first and hard.
When evil is there--the eyes are the giveaway--and the person's soul burns dark and deep.
But remember, G-d--the King of Kings--is forever light and He will chase the darkness away.
The L-rd executes darkness.
The L-rd will blind the haughty.
The L-rd will render a mighty justice.
The L-rd will save his faithful. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
February 27, 2017
Courage To Do The Right Thing
It's the easy way out to shut your eyes and overlook when things are wrong.
Taking a stand and standing up for what's right often means fighting the good fight.
But who wants to fight?
Everyone wants to live in peace and quiet.
In fact, every day we pray repeatedly in the Amidah for peace
In the 19th prayer...
May it please you to bless your people Israel at all times and in every hour with your peace. Blessed are you, O Lord, who blesses his people Israel with peace.
Then again after the prayer for thanks...
Bestow peace, goodness and blessing, life, graciousness, kindness and mercy, upon us and upon all Your people Israel...May it be favorable in Your eyes to bless Your people Israel, at all times and at every moment, with Your peace.And yet a third time at the end...
He who makes peace in His heavens, may He make peace for us and for all Israel; and say, Amen.What can be more desired than peace and wellness in our lives?
Yet, when we see corruption, wrongdoing, and evil, people are called on the confront it, and stand up for good.
Because when evil prevails, there is no real peace in the world.
Hence, the courageous and righteous are called on to stand up based on integrity, merit, and values, and to work to return a state of justice and peace.
G-d watches to see to it that good ultimately prevails over evil.
May He who makes peace, make peace for us and all Israel, and let us say Amen. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
September 25, 2015
Kid's Games, For Survival Mostly
Some nights, I dream of fighting and others of running for my very life.
This last night, I woke up from the dream, and thought how these instincts of fight or flight are so pervasive in our lives, and even in our sleep.
But more than that, we are literally from the youngest age, programmed for survival (of the fittest).
Ok, here's a simple hypothesis about kid's play:
Kid's play is not just play, but rather the preparation through acting out of these basic human survival instincts.
At it's core, kids games mimic the fundamental human tendencies of fight or flight.
Think for a second of some of the most popular games that kids play...the ones that mostly have been around forever, and kids from the youngest of ages gravitate too.
Tag -- Running after from someone else running after you.
Hide and Go Seek -- Running to hide from someone looking to find you.
Play Fighting -- Fighting an opponent to see who is stronger and can overcome the other.
Action Figures -- Often superheroes and villians that once again, fight each other.
Dress Up -- Girls often dress as the beautiful princesses to be admired by boys who are in turn dressed as (macho) heroes that seek to protect them.
Video Games -- The most popular ones, first-person shooter (fighting) and racing (running away, faster than anyone else, and over the finish line or into the safety zone).
Whether we are playing games, sleeping and dreaming, or going about our daily life activities, make no mistake, we are in survival mode. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
June 1, 2014
Outrunning The Needle
He grew up amidst a collection of small villages in El Salvador.
The person who gave the vaccinations to the children used to go to the school to administer the medicine to them.
When the kids saw him coming, they would run out of the school, through the school yard, over the fence, and all the way home to try to avoid the shot.
He also said that the school personnel would chase them to their home to bring them back…one way or another, they were getting the dreaded needle.
It reminded me of when I was a little kid in the pediatrician's office, and the doctor was pulling out a long needle to give me a shot, and I hopped off the table, and ran for my life.
I ran out of her office, past the nurse's station, and into the welcoming arms of the patient reception area.
But the doctor and nurse caught up to me as well and brought me back for my shot too.
It sort of reminds me of the saying, "You can run, but you can't hide."
In life, it really doesn't matter whether we want to do something or not.
When the time comes to face the challenges that await us all, even if you try to ignore it, avoid it, or run away from it…it will eventually catch up to you.
Maybe it's worth a run sometimes, if you can avoid an unnecessary fight, but if it is something you have to face, like your medicine, you might as well just stay and take the needle like a man/woman and get some cookies and ice cream afterwards. ;-)
(Source Photo: here with attribution to Dan4th Nicholas)
September 1, 2013
Can't Wait For The Walking Dead - Season 4
This show, The Walking Dead, is just awesome.
It's the end of the world...
With the the few battling to survive.
The scary fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaah 26:19 that the "dead will live; their corpses will rise up."
But rather than "shout for joy," in this version of events, we scream with horror as zombies keep coming and coming, and their is no place left to hide.
Those left have to run and fight, but if they get bitten (and eaten) and die, they too become what they fear and hate most--"The Walkers."
The characters, the action, the intensity, the ultimate challenge for humanity.
Can't wait for October 13, 9 pm on AMC. ;-)
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